The Icelandic airline Play has made adjustments to its 2025 summer flight schedule. According to current information from the Aero Routes portal, the connections to the German destinations Düsseldorf and Hamburg will be shortened in time and reduced in frequency.
The route to Düsseldorf will now only be served from June 13th to September 1st, instead of June 5th to October 25th as originally planned. In addition, flights will be limited to two weekly connections instead of the previously planned three. Similar cuts apply to Hamburg: the connection will only be available between June 5th and August 31st, instead of from May 20th. Here too, the frequency will be reduced to two flights per week.
These measures are part of a strategic restructuring of the airline. In recent months, Play has already made several changes to its route network in order to ensure profitability. The reduction in German connections is likely to affect summer travelers in particular, who had expected a higher flight frequency.
Play justifies the adjustments with optimized resource planning and an adjusted focus on economically stronger connections. Experts see the cuts as a reaction to the changing market conditions in European air traffic.
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